Foras Aje was born in Washington DC and at the age of four moved with his family to Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria. It was here that he was endowed by his father with a desire to delve into the cause and reasons for occurrences and results.
This lent itself into finding the solutions to the maladies acne and asthma, of which he was suffering, after other conventional methods proved unsuccessful. Consequently, this placed him on the path of naturopathy otherwise known as drugless healing.
Through a radical change in diet and exercise: (Yoga and Calisthenics), he was able to banish close to a decade of his marring acne and a lifetime of asthma. Along with this came the disappearance of depression, lethargy and a marked increase in overall health and fitness.
Convinced of the efficiency of the methods passed down from great health pioneers, in his words: "My goal is to show as many people as I can the wonderful results of Nature's way of healing the body if she's only given half a chance! There is no limit to the potential the human body has when it adheres to her laws! With proper diet, positive mental attunement and exercise, any and everyone can unshackle the bondage of misery and disease in one's own life."
One of such is the critically acclaimed Bikram Yoga.
Defined, it is a series of 26 postures conducted over 90 minutes, beginning with one warming up breathing exercise, progressing through 24 asanas or postures and finishing with one toxin eliminating breathing posture.
This series of postures systematically and scientifically works through the entire body thus giving the practitioner the much sought after main reward of doing bikram yoga
Some of the several rewards of doing of Bikram Yoga are that it
- Works every organ, gland, nerve, tendon, ligament and muscle in the whole body every Bikram Yoga session
- Expands your capacity to breathe deeply and fully
- Prevents injury and may prevent or improve chronic illness
- Promotes better sleep, you may even need to sleep less
- Has Fabulous body toning effects
- Weight loss or gain depending on your body's needs
- Helps with Improvement in posture and body awareness
- Helps with Improve the healing and regenerative powers of your body
- Helps with Improvement in T cell function and your immune system
- Helps with Improvement in your lymphatic system
- Helps with Lengthening and strengthening of muscles
- Helps with Increased flexibility
- Helps with Improvement in peripheral circulation
- Helps with Improvement in metabolism / digestion
At this point it must be mentioned that combining the general and across the board choice of diet for yoga and the use of ANY style of yoga will go a long way to helping gain the most of this exercise, and in this case the bikram style.
So, are you thinking of THE style to choose, well, ‘bikram’ has got this author’s vote!
In Friendship,
Aje
Foras Aje is an independent researcher and co-founder of BodyHealthSoul LLC. Stop by His Yoga for Beginners Blog today for more information on the benefit of bikram yoga.